Coolidge parents raise questions about relocation, asbestos

9:20 PM,
Aug. 22, 2013

Wayne Jennings, of Jennings Environmental Management, Inc., talks to concern patents of students that went to Calvin Coolidge Elementary School about the as asbestos issues during a school board meeting at Columbia School on Thursday, August 22.

Written by

Meghin Delaney

Casey O'Dell was looking forward to having her second-grade son, Cayden Shade, watch out for his kindergarten-aged sister, Emma Gage, at Calvin Coolidge Elementary School this fall.

Now, O'Dell will have to adjust her morning schedule as her children are bused to two separate buildings. Her son will attend the Columbus School, on Hawley Street, and her daughter will attend Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School.

"It's a big inconvenience," she said. "We really wanted them to be able to be together in school and start together." ...